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Publisher
Emphasis Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Haitian-born filmmaker Jonas Nosile put together a team and traveled to Haiti to film Haitian history from its early successful struggles for independence through its contemporary, less victorious, battles with poverty. Nosile poses tough questions about the degree of Haitian's responsibility for its dilemma. Will this island nation find a way to break the legacy of its tragic past? Will the spirit of her people be enough to overcome the obstacles?...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Told through the compelling lives of five courageous Haitian women workers, Poto Mitan gives the global economy a human face. Each woman's personal story explains neoliberal globalization, how it is gendered, and how it impacts Haiti. And while Poto Mitan offers in-depth understanding of Haiti, its focus on women's subjugation, worker exploitation, poverty, and resistance makes it clear that these are global struggles. Marie-Jeanne details her dual...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An assessment of how Haiti has fared after the 2010 earthquake reveals how the country continues to suffer from poverty, illness, and a broken infrastructure, assessing the factors that prevent aid from reaching people in need.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Haiti's state is near-collapse: armed groups have overrun the country, many government officials have fled after the 2021 assassination of President Moise and not a single elected leader holds office, refugees desperately set out on boats to reach the US and Latin America, and the economy reels from the after-effects of disasters, both man-made and natural, that destroyed much of Haiti's infrastructure and institutions. How did a nation founded on...
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